GCB
ABC | Release Date: March 4, 2012
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
55
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 22 Critic Reviews
Positive:
8
Mixed:
10
Negative:
4
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob OwenMar 2, 2012
Season 1 Review: GCB offers surprisingly clever dialogue and winning comedic performances. Read full review
80
SlateTroy PattersonMar 2, 2012
Season 1 Review: Clever with its gaudiness, the new soap opera proceeds as if that invitation is gilt-edged, tackily engraved, and sealed inside an oversized envelope with a kiss of frosted-pink lipstick. Read full review
80
Wall Street JournalDorothy RabinowitzMar 2, 2012
Season 1 Review: It's one that's sharply plotted, fast-paced, with impressive performances. Read full review
70
Denver PostJoanne OstrowMar 2, 2012
Season 1 Review: Truthfully, a little bit of this fun farce may go a long way. Read full review
70
TV Guide MagazineMatt RoushMar 2, 2012
Season 1 Review: Mostly, despite a title that sounds like a roofie, this is good harmless fun. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterTim GoodmanMar 1, 2012
Season 1 Review: For people looking for the next Housewives, GCB could be the perfect replacement. Read full review
63
RedEyeCurt WagnerMar 2, 2012
Season 1 Review: It isn't consistently funny--and it definitely isn't as daring or groundbreaking as advertised. Read full review
63
USA TodayRobert BiancoMar 1, 2012
Season 1 Review: The show pushes so hard to be wacky and fun, you end up feeling more bruised than entertained. Read full review
60
New York Daily NewsDavid HinckleyMar 1, 2012
Season 1 Review: It's fun in a familiar sort of big-hair soap opera way. Read full review
58
Boston HeraldMark A. PerigardMar 5, 2012
Season 1 Review: If GCB wants to soar to heavenly numbers, it better let the devil out to play. Read full review
58
Uncle BarkyEd BarkMar 2, 2012
Season 1 Review: Broader than Dallas at its broadest, ABC's GCB won't be selling smart, stylized urban sophistication when it premieres Sunday night. Read full review
58
NewsdayVerne GayMar 1, 2012
Season 1 Review: Not so much scandalous as scandalously dull. Read full review
50
New York PostLinda StasiMar 5, 2012
Season 1 Review: What's mostly wrong with this new series is that it doesn't know who in God's name it is. Read full review
50
TimeJames PoniewozikMar 5, 2012
Season 1 Review: The problem for GCB is that it hasn't yet figured out a way to be a soap that spoofs superficiality without being superficial itself. Read full review
50
Boston GlobeSarah RodmanMar 2, 2012
Season 1 Review: It doesn't add up to the most entertaining result, given the promise of the cast and creative minds involved. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleDavid WiegandMar 2, 2012
Season 1 Review: There are some funny lines here and there, but overall, the show lacks satirical teeth. Read full review
50
VarietyBrian LowryMar 2, 2012
Season 1 Review: GCB will need a lot more meat on its bones if these 'horns are going to hook 'em. Read full review
40
Los Angeles TimesMary McNamaraMar 5, 2012
Season 1 Review: A potentially funny setup, if the women were not such oddly antiquated sendups. Read full review
38
People WeeklyTom GliattoMar 12, 2012
Season 1 Review: It has none of Desperate Housewives' winking cuteness, none of Revenge's dagger-eyed, fire-breathing kick. [12 Mar 2012, p.43]
30
The Huffington PostMaureen RyanMar 2, 2012
Season 1 Review: A tedious array of shrieky moments, dumb stereotypes and unearned sentiment. Read full review
30
Washington PostHank StueverMar 1, 2012
Season 1 Review: Even as a work of harmless vapidity, G.C.B. has a difficult time enlivening its oversimplified premise. Read full review
25
HitfixAlan SepinwallMar 2, 2012
Season 1 Review: CGB plays more like a bad parody of Desperate Housewives. Read full review
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